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unable to connect to MYSQL via PHP
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My system is a stand alone system, I want to connect to MYSQL using PHP, I am giving hostname as localhost, and the needed username and passoword. In the browser i am getting Internal server error 500.
Any sort of help much appreciated,
Thank you
Any sort of help much appreciated,
Thank you
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Originally Posted by nmakkena 
My system is a stand alone system, I want to connect to MYSQL using PHP, I am giving hostname as localhost, and the needed username and passoword. In the browser i am getting Internal server error 500.
Any sort of help much appreciated,
Thank you
check the database name is there or not?
Can u send ur code...
This is my code:
<?php
$username = "aaa";
$password = "aaa";
$hostname = "localhost";
$dbh=mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password)
or
die("unable to connect to the datatabase");
print "connected to MYSQL<br>";
mysql_close($dbh);
?>
/*I am not giving any database name, initially i just want to connect to MySql database*/
Thank you
<?php
$username = "aaa";
$password = "aaa";
$hostname = "localhost";
$dbh=mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password)
or
die("unable to connect to the datatabase");
print "connected to MYSQL<br>";
mysql_close($dbh);
?>
/*I am not giving any database name, initially i just want to connect to MySql database*/
Thank you
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